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Dolichopterus
Taxonomy
Dolichopterus was named by Hall (1859) [Sepkoski's age data: S Wenl D Sieg-l Sepkoski's reference number: 360]. It is the type genus of Dolichopteridae.
It was assigned to Eurypterida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dolichopteridae by Størmer (1955), Dunlop et al. (2013), Dunlop et al. (2020), Lamsdell (2025).
It was assigned to Eurypterida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dolichopteridae by Størmer (1955), Dunlop et al. (2013), Dunlop et al. (2020), Lamsdell (2025).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1859 | Dolichopterus Hall |
| 1955 | Dolichopterus Størmer p. 39 |
| 2002 | Dolichopterus Sepkoski |
| 2013 | Dolichopterus Dunlop et al. |
| 2020 | Dolichopterus Dunlop et al. p. 21 |
| 2025 | Dolichopterus Lamsdell |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Dolichopterus Hall 1859
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†Dolichopterus asperatus Kjellesvig-Waering 1961
†Dolichopterus gotlandicus Kjellesvig-Waering 1979
†Dolichopterus herkimerensis Caster and Kjellesvig-Waering 1956
†Dolichopterus jewetti Caster and Kjellesvig-Waering 1956
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available